N.J.-bound traffic on West Shore Expressway at standstill

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you are heading for the West Shore Expressway, you may want to consider a new route. Or delay your trip.

Outerbridge Crossing-bound traffic on the highway is at a standstill. A motorist caught by South Avenue reported construction work to install a sign by the Victory Boulevard overpass, but said the traffic stretched much further than that.

Officials are attributing the backup to city Department of Transportation pothole repair crews at work.

That won't be the only trouble spot on the Island today.

Construction will close one lane of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge lower level until 2 p.m., and one lane of the Staten Island-bound Outerbridge Crossing until 3 p.m., according to WCBS880.com.